婉拒

Chinese

		graceful; tactful	to resist; to repel; to refuse
trad. (婉拒)		婉	拒
simp. #(婉拒)		婉	拒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎnjù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun² keoi⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oán-kī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnjù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnjyù
    • Wade–Giles: wan³-chü⁴
    • Yale: wǎn-jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanjiuh
    • Palladius: ваньцзюй (vanʹczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun² keoi⁵
    • Yale: yún kéuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn² koey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun² kêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn³⁵ kʰɵy̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-kī
    • Tâi-lô: uán-kī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafnki
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ki⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki³³/

Verb

婉拒

1. to politely decline

   • 萬一你最後是個好人　婉拒你的好　會否今生更暗 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     万一你最后是个好人　婉拒你的好　会否今生更暗 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2023, 黃偉文 [Wyman Wong] (lyrics), 林家謙 [Terence Lam] (music), 萬一你是個好人, performed by 林家謙 [Terence Lam]

     maan⁶ jat¹ nei⁵ zeoi³ hau⁶ si⁶ go³ hou² jan⁴, jyun² keoi⁵ nei⁵ dik¹ hou², wui⁵ fau² gam¹ sang¹ gang³ am³ [Jyutping]

     In case you are a good person in the end, if I politely decline your goodness, would this life be darker?

Synonyms

• 婉辭／婉辞 (wǎncí)
• 客氣／客气
• 推免 (tuīmiǎn) (literary)
• 推卻／推却 (tuīquè)
• 推絕／推绝 (tuījué)
• 推謝／推谢 (tuīxiè)
• 推辭／推辞 (tuīcí)
• 禮讓／礼让 (lǐràng)
• 謝絕／谢绝 (xièjué)
• 謙讓／谦让 (qiānràng)
• 辭讓／辞让 (círàng)
• 退讓／退让 (tuìràng)